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Look at converting some social homes in city-centre flats into cost-rentals, says Taoiseach’s group (www.dublininquirer.com)

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Dublin City Council should look at switching some homes in inner-city flat complexes from social housing into cost-rental homes, a group set up by the Department of the Taoiseach has said.

Switching social homes to cost-rental homes would likely mean, under current schemes, that the council rents the homes to people on higher incomes, but who are still struggling to afford private rentals.

Households with net incomes of up to – depending on household size – between €40,000 and €48,000 are eligible for social homes in Dublin. Those with a net income above that, but below €66,000, are eligible for cost-rental homes.

Proponents of tenure mixing say that it is a way to deal with “neighbourhood effects” that arise with concentrations of deprivation, such as stigma, and poor access to services.

Critics say that tenure mixing responds to the symptoms of spatial inequality but does not address the underlying issues of income inequality or access to services, and can increase senses of difference.

It’s not completely clear what the interdepartmental group – which included representatives from the council and the Department of Housing – would be trying to achieve by making some social flats into cost-rentals.

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[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 6 points 4 days ago

They just upped the bar for poor, because that’s accurate.